Don't mess with Nancy you'll pay a price.
I picked up Madam Speaker from the library yesterday, the author, Susan Page knows how to whet your appetite from the first page.
House fines Republicans for ditching masks on the floor
Fed up with the mask mandate on the floor Tuesday night, a group of House Republicans removed their masks in protest.
These GOP lawmakers -- arguing that the CDC’s guidance has changed and the Senate has already dropped the requirement -- decided to test Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democratic leadership. They were even taking selfies on the floor and posting them, a sort of double whammy, if you will.
So guess what? They’re gonna get fined now. Or they were warned about fines the next time they do it.
Getting hit with $500 fines on Tuesday for a second offense were Reps. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) and Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas).
Those receiving warnings included GOP Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Chip Roy (Texas), Bob Good (Va.), Louie Gohmert (Texas) and Mary Miller (Illinois).
The fines are deducted automatically from the lawmaker’s congressional salary. They can appeal to the House Ethics Committee, but since they will need some Democratic support to win those appeals and that’s unlikely to happen.
The mask mandate remains in place for the House for the time being, Democrats say, because so many GOP lawmakers either aren’t getting vaccinated or won’t disclose whether they have.
Do something positive.
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